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The Darwin international classical guitar festival is on again in July this year.
The Sydney acoustic guitar festival will be held at Eora college Redfern in June or July. I’ll also be attending the Frankston Guitar festival in Victoria on the 18th to 20th of March.
No web link for this one as yet, so here’s the blurb.
The London International Guitar Festival 05 will present some of the most inspirational artists from Venezuela, the US, the Czech Republic, the UK and Spain.

The LIGF05 will play host to the 81-year-old guitar legend Alirio Diaz, making a rare London appearance. On Saturday 23 July, John Williams will Speak Out on musical matters and the guitar, and will play duets with LIGF Artistic Director Carlos Bonell.

Carlos Bonell will present a gala concert with special guests. Czech sensation Pavel Steidl will make his eagerly awaited London debut. Brad Richter, composer, arranger, and winner of the US National Fingerpicking Championship, will play his evocative music inspired by the American Southwest.

Resident orchestra the Chamber Ensemble of London will show why London orchestras are still the greatest in the world. There will be a magical candle-lit guitar concertos concert at St Martin-in-the-Fields, with soloists Gary Ryan and Carlos Bonell.

Venezuelan music will be one of the themes of the LIGF05. John Williams‚s best-selling CD of Venezuelan music El Diablo Suelto will be discussed. This CD contains arrangements by the Venezuelan Alirio Diaz, who was his teacher when he was a teenager. You will be able to see and hear these two great artists in the Festival, as well as Venezuelan folk musicians who will stun and delight with their improvisation and virtuosity.

Tutors will include Carlos Bonell and Gary Ryan, both professors at the Royal College of Music. There will be masterclasses and private lessons for students and professionals which will run during the day from Monday July 25 through Friday July 29; and an evening summer school for dedicated amateurs, from Monday July 18 through Friday July 22.